2 Samuel 4:5

³ because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.

⁴ And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

⁶ They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

⁷ They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

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BSB: Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
KJV: And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
WEB: The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon.
ASV: And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.
DARBY: And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in about the heat of the day into the house of Ishbosheth, who was taking his noonday rest.
BLB: And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came in at the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, and he was lying the lying down of noon.

ÅB: Be'erotitten Rimmons sønner, Rekab og Ba'ana, tok ut og kom på det heteste av dagen til Isbosets hus, mens han hvilte middag.
OTB: Så sønnene til Rimmon fra Beerot, Rekab og Ba’ana, gikk og kom til huset til Ishbosjet midt på dagen, mens han lå på sengen sin ved middagstid.
B1930: Be'erotitten Rimmons sønner, Rekab og Ba'ana, tok ut og kom på det heteste av dagen til Isbosets hus, mens han hvilte middag.

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Cross references

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